34 Hidden Easter Eggs In 'The Walking Dead'

After the prison fell during Season 4 of The Walking Dead,The Walking DeadThe group scatters across the backwoods of Georgia. Alone and desperate, Beth Greene finds a pile of corpses in a clearing. One body has a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire next to it.

This is no doubta reference to comic book villain Negan, who uses that same weapon and calls it "Lucille."

Tyreese's death was one of the series' saddest. As he bled out in a car, he heard a British voice on the radio report world atrocities.

This voice is real life Brit Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes in the series.

Each season, the title card for The Walking Dead looks like the walkers themselves.The Walking Dead it decomposes a little bitThe titles show the time passing. Season 1's cloudy grey letters now look greener and yellowed, chipped with every season.

Fun fact: the title card for the sister seriesFear the Walking DeadFear the Walking Dead has the cleanest title card because it starts chronologically earliest.

DuringThe Walking DeadSeason four, Daryl Dixonmentions that his brother Merle bought drugs from a skinny, white dealer who liked the word "bitch." The series never states this directly.Breaking Bads Jesse Pinkman, but the shoe fits.

Because you need a joke about pirates for an eye patch. In Season 4, when Tara and her family unknowingly take in The Governor, he wakes up on a pillow with a parrot placed strategically on his shoulder. Humor is clearly needed during the zombie apocalypse.

When a nasty cut on T-Dog's arm gets infected during Season 2 of The Walking Dead,Daryl reveals he keeps a pharmacy of narcotics in a bag on his motorcycle. Astute AMC viewersDaryl reveals he keeps a pharmacy of narcotics in a bag on his motorcycle. AMC viewers that the bag held Walter White's blue meth from the Breaking Bad series.that bag held Walter White's blue meth from the showIf only we could get a prequel showing how Merle and Daryl met Heisenberg...We need a prequel showing how Merle and Daryl met Heisenberg.

When Rick and Morgan meet again during the "Clear" episode, Morgan (near insanity) tells Rick he sees people with dead men's faces. This seems to a setup for The Whisperers, a group of men who wear dead men's faces to trick walkers.After being ambushed while leading walkers from Alexandria in Season 6, Daryl finds himself alone in the woods. He finds a walker covered in plants. Growing from its back is

After leading walkers away from Alexandria in Season 6, Daryl walks alone in the woods and finds a walker covered in plants. Growing from its back isa Cherokee Rosethe same flower he gave Carol after Sophia vanished in Season 2.

Before the world ended, Rick Grimes worked for the King's County Sheriff's Department in Georgia. This fictional countyis named afterlegendary horror writer Stephen King, who is good friends with originalWalking DeadShowrunner Frank Darabont.

Morgan reached Alexandria only in the final moments ofThe Walking DeadIn the fifth season of The Walking Dead, his arrival in the community got hints. Rick Grimes patrolled a street named "Morgan" during his time as town constable, and it appeared in the background.

The apocalypse createstwo kinds of people: those who will kill to survive, and those who think all life matters. While training Morgan in Season 6, Eastman wears a shirt that says "Save The Terrapins," which is a turtle. Earlier that season, teen survivor Enid kills and eats a turtle to avoid starving.

See: two kinds of people. Eastman's name is alsoa referenceto Kevin Eastman, the creator ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The final five episodes ofThe Walking Dead's fifth season: "Remember," "Forget," "Spend," "Trying," and "Conquer" all come from Dale Horvath's Season 1 speech about a father giving his son a watch to remember time, not necessarily to conquer it.

Is Johnny Depp a zombie?! Fans saw a familiar face in a gruesome Season 6 scene. The decapitated head of a walker in the shot was modeled after Johnny Depp's face. Director Greg Nicotero told Entertainment Weekly, "Another head, I don't know if I'll get in trouble, was Johnny Depp. We sculpted an emaciated dummy head and used Johnny Depp’s head as a base for a clay sculpt.

It goes without saying thatThe Walking DeadThe Walking Dead has references to George A. Romero's classic work. One reference appeared in Season 3 with the failed "Flyboy" fromDawn of the Dead appearsin Woodbury. The look is striking, right?

Searching for Beth Greene in Atlanta's ruins, Daryl and Carol find a pack of cigarettes in a building. The fictional brand is "Morley," the Smoking Man's preferred brand from the sci-fi seriesThe X-Files. Daryl lights up. Needless to say.

When Rick wakes up in the hospital during the first episode ofThe Walking Dead, he comes out to find a military helicopter marked withthe insignia of the 7th Cavalry. General George Custer led this division to a slaughter in the 19th century; this shows history repeating itself outside the hospital.

During Season 2 ofThe Walking Dead, Dale Horvath's RV has artwork with the words, "How about a nice cup of shut the hell up?" this refers to Zack Snyder'sDawn of the DeadA remake features one character angrily stating..."The plan is you drink a nice tall glass of shut the fuck up!"

During Season 5, an octagon briefly appears behind Michonne in one scene. This octagon looks suspiciously like...the logo for the Umbrella Corporation from the...The Umbrella Corporation logo appears here.video game and film franchise. Nobody claims they started the zombie apocalypse, but nobody denies it.During the premiere of Season 5 of The Walking Dead, Rick and the survivors escape Terminus by running past a crate labeled "Ship to Horlicks University via Julia Carpenter." This is a direct nod to George Romero's...

When Rick and the survivors find shelter in Father Gabriel's church, some Bible passages sit on a bulletin board nearby with significance in the zombie apocalypse.Romans 6:4 says, "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father."Ezekiel 37:7 describes the event: "So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them."

Romans 6:4 states, "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father."

Ezekiel 37:7 says, "So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them."

Matthew 27:52 records, "And the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life."

Revelation 9:6 warns, "During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them."

This occurs during the premiere of Season 5 of.During Season 4, Michonne examines a map of the area. Her hand rests on a town in Georgia called Macon. Macon is the hometown of Lee Everett, the protagonist from Telltale Games'...As Rick and the survivors flee Terminus, they run past a crate marked "Ship to Horlicks University via Julia Carpenter." This points to George Romero's film."Wolves not far." This phrase appeared in Season 5 of The Walking Dead and set up the threat from the psychotic group of killers. Daryl and Aaron found a man in a red hood during a scouting trip who would become a victim of a trap.CreepshowCreepshowWalter White buys the Dodge Challenger for his son on AMC's Breaking Bad.

During Season 4, Michonne studies a map of the area. Her hand rests on a town in Georgia named Macon. Macon is.Lee Everett's hometownLee Everett, the protagonist from Telltale Games',The Walking Dead: Season 1. Players likely know Michonne avoiding Macon was smart.

"Wolves not far." That phrase appeared in Season 5 ofThe Walking DeadThis phrase set up the psychotic killers' threat. Daryl and Aaron found a man in a red hood during a scouting trip. This man would face a sinister trap.a man in a red hoodwho would ultimately fall victim to a sinister trap.

Glenn and Heisenberg share a car taste. The Dodge Challenger Glenn used to lure walkers away from Rick's group in Season 1 isthe same onethat Walter White buys for his son on AMC'sBreaking Bad.

Viewers agree The Governor was sick. Viewers hated that he kept walker heads in a private aquarium, but sharp viewers saw thatone of the headsin the tank is an exact copy of Ben Gardner's severed head from Steven Spielberg'sJaws.

Metalheads spot one walker Carl killed outside Alexandria in Season 5 asA Rock Star Zombie Cameo appears.Scott Ian, a member of Anthrax. The rocker had been zombified before; he appeared in aWalking Dead.web series four years ago.

After Beth died in Season 5, Daryl carries her out of the hospital so she can meet Maggie, her last living family member. Daryl carrying Beth this way shows foreshadowing from Season 4, when he happily carried her through a house after they took shelter from the prison's destruction.

The Season 6 midseason finale ofThe Walking Dead.walkers entered Alexandria after a wall fell. As the walkers poured in, they marched through a huge dust cloud, giving them a nightmarish feel. This image directly pays homage to John Carpenter's horror filmThe Fog..

This point causes fan disagreement because it lacks official confirmation. During the pilot episode ofThe Walking Dead., when Rick gets his first zombie kill with his Colt Python, some fansarguethat the Xbox "Achievement Unlocked" sound plays in the background.

Of all the zombies on screen, none matches the icon status of Bub from George A. Romero'sDay of the Dead.. Season 4 ofThe Walking Dead.honorsthe zombie who regained his humanity by becoming a main walker that cornered Glenn and Tara in a collapsed tunnel.

Season 1 ofThe Walking Dead.young Carl Grimes wears a shirt with a paw logo. This isCarl Grimes makes a direct reference.to the character Science Dog, which premiered in Robert Kirkman'sInvincible.comic book series.

Season 6 shows a brutal walker attack on Daryl Dixon, everybody's favorite redneck. DC comic fans might see that the walker looks very similar to Swamp Thing.

Glenn may be a man now, but audiences might forget he was one of the less mature members of the group in earlier seasons ofThe Walking Deadhe likened being dropped into a walker-filled well to playing, andPortal..

Being a kid during the zombie apocalypse is hard, and Sam Anderson seems to struggle the most, staying in his room playing with his toys. Fans ofWalking Dead.Sam Anderson likes creator Robert Kirkman's othercomic book series.will note Sam collectsInvincible.action figures.. Characters left to right: Invincible, Allen the Alien, Atom Eve, and Omni-Man.

In the Season 10 mid-season premiere, Negan finds Alpha alone in the woods. As she seduces him, he asks her, “This isn’t some kind of praying mantis situation, is it - where you cut off my head afterwards?”

Fans of the comic books see the significance in this quick comment. In the books, Alpha dies after Negan decapitates her. Negan's words might predict a similar death on the show.